A First War German Imperial & Reich Police Six Piece Medal Bar Hold Stirlingshire

Stirlingshire

Service Records and twenty-seven black and white ship photographs

Much to the shock of the Royal Navy and the Britishpeople the Bismarck succeeded in sinking the "Mighty Hood" in a battle that lasted approximately six minutes

before being transferred on August 18

At the time of the disaster

A First War German Imperial & Reich Police Six Piece Medal Bar Hold StirlingshireMounted as worn German style, comprising: Iron Cross 2nd. Class 1914, magnetic; Saxony, Friedrich August Silver Bravery Medal, silvered, without signature under the bust, circa 1920s striking; Saxony, Friedrich August Merit Medal, silvered; Hindenburg Cross with swords; Saxony, 15 Years Long Service Cross, bronze; Third Reich, Police Service Cross First Class, in gilded bronze; generally extremely fine.